P R O U D L Y P R E S E N T S
Rel. date: 08.17.2014
Artist: Lemonheads
Album: My Drug Buddy
Label: Atlantic
Catalog Nr: 85780-2
Language: English
Genre: Rock
Source: CDDA
Size: 76.57 MB
URL: T R A C K L i S T
01. My Drug Buddy 02:53
02. Being Around 01:40
03. Mrs. Robinson 03:44
04. Dawn Can't Decide 02:38
05. Shaky Ground 01:43
12:38
12:38 min
76.57 MB
R E L E A S E i N F O R M A T i O N
The Lemonheads are an American alternative rock band first formed
in 1986 by Evan Dando, Ben Deily, and Jesse Peretz. Dando has
remained the band's only constant member
Since its formation, recording and touring lineups of the band
have included co-founders Deily and Peretz, John Strohm (Blake
Babies), Doug Trachten, Corey Loog Brennan, Byron Hoagland (Folks
On Fire), Ben Daughtrey (Squirrel Bait), Juliana Hatfield (Blake
Babies), Nic Dalton (Godstar, Sneeze, The Plunderers), Dave Ryan
Patrick "Murph" Murphy (Dinosaur Jr), Josh Lattanzi, Bill Gibson
(Eastern Dark), Mark 'Budola' Newman, Kenny Lyon, Vess Ruhtenberg
Devon Ashley, Karl Alvarez and Bill Stevenson (Descendents), P
David Hazel and various others
After their initial punk-influenced releases and tours as an
independent/"college rock" band in the late '80s, the Lemonheads'
popularity with a mass audience grew in 1992 with the major label
album It's a Shame about Ray, which was produced, engineered, and
mixed by The Robb Brothers (Bruce Robb, Dee, and Joe). This was
followed by a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson"
which eventually became one of the band's most successful singles
The Lemonheads were active until 1997 before going on hiatus, but
reformed with a new lineup in 2005 and released The Lemonheads the
following year. The band released its latest album, Varshons, in
June 2009
A folk-rock ballad from the Lemonheads' commercial breakthrough
It's a Shame About Ray. A frank description of the daily search
for drugs and the nature of relationships that form through
addiction aptly addressed in a pop song context. What's on the
surface appears to be a light and breezy affair, with singer and
main songwriter Evan Dando's warm vocals and acoustic guitars
dominating the mix. It belies a serious self-examination. Dando
sets the scene in his frequently adopted home of Sydney
Australia, first meeting up with his cohort: "She's coming
over/We'll go out walking/Make a call on the way/She's in the
phone booth, I'm looking in/Here comes a smile on her face." To
the casual listener this may seem like a rather benign day out
with a girlfriend. We soon learn that the phone call is to procure
drugs: "There's still some of the same stuff we got yesterday." A
whimsical organ theme, perhaps too reminiscent of Steely Dan's "
Dirty Work," fills in between verses as the song structure forgoes
any real chorus. Dando then drops one of the most painfully blunt
biographical statements an artist can make: "I'm too much with
myself/I want to be someone else." Temporary bassist and longtime
friend Juliana Hatfield joins vocal harmonies to this repeated
line, taking the part of the female companion and perhaps
projecting the sentiment upon all drug users. Later in the song
after following this wandering pair, we begin to sense that drugs
are really a selfish and lonely pursuit and the "friendship"
nothing more than a fleeting relationship of convenience. These
"buddies" are merely connected by their mutual addictions but
ultimately alone in their "high": "We have to laugh to look at
each other/We have to laugh 'cause we're not alone." The end of
the song transforms the meaning of the title, "My Drug Buddy."
Dando croons a repeated last line, "I love my drug buddy,"
suggesting the "drug" qualifier to be an unavoidable and sadly
necessary component of their relationship, and perhaps the wish
that it did not have to be so
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